Countingstudentsstumps schools

11:24 PM,
Mar. 16, 2013

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The doors to the school were unlocked. Students were coming and going as they pleased, apparently with the blessings of administrators and teachers who wanted a light last day before spring break. At least 15 students couldn't be accounted for. They were marked as present, hadn't checked out, but they weren't there.

By about 11 a.m., 38 students had checked out. All told, of the 288 students enrolled at the school, only 52 were actually there. Yet for purposes of state regulations and funding, this was marked on the books as a full school day.